Performances of Mourning in Shakespearean Theatre and Early Modern Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230001534)

This bold and wide-ranging study takes a fresh look at a controversial question: what do the acts and shows of grief performed in early modern drama tell us about the religious culture of the world in which they were historically staged? Many rites of mourning shown in the theatre held Catholic resonances, but how did such memories of traditional worship work in post-Reformation England? Drawing on performance studies, this book provides detailed readings of major playtexts, Shakespearean and others, to explore the politics, pathologies, physiologies and parodies of mourning.

Author: T. Ding
ISBN-10: 023000153X
ISBN-13: 9780230001534
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2006
Pages: 223
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.09w x 0.72d